Donna Scheumeister found this pretty pink dragonfly on a tree branch in her yard in Port St. Lucie.

Diane Di Maio photographed this heron on a rooftop at White City Park.

Joanne Hanney photographed this huge bunch of bananas at her neighbor's home in Martin County.

Susan Bielefeld enjoyed catching these squirrels taking a cat nap during the dog days of summer in Rustic Hills.

Tom Claud found this alligator resting on the line connecting two buoy's at the St. Lucie Lock and Dam in Stuart.

Jeannie Meeker took this photo from a dock on the Indian River Lagoon of a land crab putting up his claws. "Beautiful colors!" She used a Canon PowerShot digital camera.

Treyton McLeod took this stil life photograph of his new fishing rig while fishing at the Indian River Lagoon.

Skip Murphy captured this beautiful sunrise on the Indian River Lagoon in Sebastian using a Panasonic DMC - FZ35 camera.

Barbara Kantor photographed this beautiful orchid - just one of many that are blooming in her yard in Palm City, she notes.

John Sahlman found this wood stork strolling along the bank of a pond in Vero Beach. He took the picture with a Nikon D3000 camera.

Mark Ballard captured this image of a late afternoon storm making its way through Vero Beach from his backyard.

Cliff Cammarata photographed this reflection in a puddle at South Jetty in Fort Pierce.

Melissa Keyes captured this view between the rocks at Santa Lucia Beach on Hutchinson Island.

Marisol Guntkowski found this pair of woodpeckers in an old pine tree along Port St. Lucie Boulevard. "The protective parents are always on guard and chasing away much larger predator birds. It has been very exciting to watch."

Carol Lindsley photographed this group of ibis on the golf course in Vista Royale.

Myra Beckman photographed this unusually colored lizard near her front door in Stuart.

Amy Brown found this lady lady bug still enough to photograph on a leaf in Port St. Lucie.

Tom Claud photographed this butterfly resting on a leaf at the St. Lucie Nature Trail, near the lock and dam, in Stuart.